Portable savings-bank.



' PHENTED AUG. 4, 1908.

A. SHEPARD a H. MANN. I.

PORTABLE SAVINGS BANK.`

APPLIOMION rILnD we. 1o. 1201.A

f @fifa PORTABLE SAVINGS BANK. APPLIUATION FLLBD AUG.` A1o, 1901.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

UNITED srnrEs PATENT oEEIeE.

Mos snerinn, or PLAN'rsvILLE, AND Hoses nim, or roniurc'roiv,CONNECTICUT; sA'ID SHEPARD ASSIGXOR 'IO E AID MANN.

EORTABLE SAVDTGS-.B ANK.

To all 'whom it may concern: Be it known'that we, :Lues SHEPAED andHosEA MANQI, citizens of the United States, residing, res ectively, atPlantsville, in-the countyjo l artford, and Torrington, in the county ofLitchfield, Stateof Connecticut, have invented certain'new and usefulImprovenients in Portable Savingsanksp of' In these banks mpney isplaced from time to time by the parties to whom the banks are loaned andat stated eriods of' time, or when the banks are full, t ey are returnedto the banking house and the amounts found therein credited to theaccounts of the respective depositors.

l`he objectsof our improvements are s1mplicity and econoiny inconstruction with convenience, safety and efficiency in use;

In addition to economy theconstruction rovides separate compartments forbills and or coins or various denominations-so as to save the labor ofasserting the coins when the contents of the bank is counted, while atthe same time the shape of the bank is such that itv may readily beplaced in a hi pocket, to carry it from lace to place.` revision is alsomade for ocking this portable bank to a wall of a house or otherimmovable fastening in order that the bank may be secured in aconvenient place for deposits without danger of its being stolen orcarried away. ln the .accompanying drawingz-Figure 1 isa front elevationof our bank. Fig. 2 is a side elevation or edge View of the same,showing what is the right hand side in Fig. 1. 3 is'nn enlarged planview of the same. Fig. 4 is a'detached side elevation of the mainportion of the money pockets or cells, the

said portion comprising one side wall of all the cells, the bottom ofthe brink with its look, the. horizontal divisions between therespective cells, and the traps that guard the mouth of euch cell. F ig.5 is n detached side elevation of the companion part of. the

` money cells. Fig.- G is un edge view or side elevation of thepartsshown in Figs. 4 and 5,

Specification of Letten Patent.4 l i Application led Aug-nxt 10, 19W?.Serial No.' 388,051..l

Patented Auge, 1908.

as properly placed together, and also with a smellportlon of the case invertical section at the le t hand side. Fig. 7 is a horizontal s'ec'-rion of the bank on the line :c x of Figs; 4 and 5, looking down. Fig. 8is a horizontal section of the bank on the line y of Figs. 4 and Fig. 91s a transverse sec- 5, looking u tionalview ,o the case on the line s sof F ig. `4, together with a plan view of the bottoniand the. lockthereon. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the upper end of the case, with theend plate or cap removed.' Fig. 11 is a vertical section of the caseontheline z z of-Fig. 3, the hasp -and screws being shown in elevation andthe'v money cellsy removed.

Vfe 4'make our bank of a 4size in cross sec-` tion that one can place intheir pocket for carrying', and obtain the necessary space for theseveral cells by making the'bak of consderable length and arranging thevcoin pockets end for end, one over another 111 a.

single column of two-0r more cells, making one or more columns, and thisis one of the leading features of our bank. We also form the coin cellsof separate concavedwalls divided longitudinal face.

y and placed .face

For convenience offnanufacture, we have,

es herein shown, iliade the. opposing side walls of the nioneycells searrete from the ceseA. The cnse -1s made 'o sheet rn'etal forinclosingthe sepnratel formed money" cells.

This case is of an ova. or flattened forni end view and the lower end isleft open" forreceiving the removable bottom or closure plete 1l that isprovided with any .suitable ack 12, which as shown has a notched crossbolt 13 secured on the outer end of an ordinary longitudinali f'slidi'nfr lock bolt 22. forf engaginfP suitable inner sides of thecase. When the lock bolt is forced into the lock case for unlocking, the

notches in the ross bolt register with the' lugs or keepers 14, oneither side of the case, so that the bottom and connected parts may bepulled out of or put mto the case, and

when the boltV is iol-eed outwardly by the nnoper key so that thenotchcsin the cross ugs or reepers 14 on therA bolt do not register with vthelugs, the botl' tom is locked so that thc bottom cannot be 'tsken out ofor pnt into the case.

thecase, the cross -bolt is in aliigher plane.' n

than the keeper lugs 14,`so that upon locking. the solid met-alici thecross bolt will enf'we the top face of thclugs atl both sides of `thcrespective coin shes, form iin onlintrap to previ-nt the coins frombeing :a-

2 l Y j ses,

thecase and prevent the bot-toni from pulled out. 'llie lockedbottom isthere: movable part or closure plate for furnishing access to the bankwhen it is unlocked d The side edges of the oase at the propepoints areprovided with coin l.slot-s 15 of the proper width and thickness toreceive co' of various denominations, which denomi tion may be nani/:don the case contiguous to the proper slots as for example, "cen halves.dimes, nickels, quarters. Perf tions` 16 are also made in the easethrouw which the coins` in the several coils may ire viewed and theamounts contained therein 1 when -piicd up at:difl'erentheights may be.l indicated on tliecase as shown in Fig. 2.

The case is permanently closed by a top plate 1T secured in an propermanner,v as for example, by means of lugs 1S on the iiiner side wall ofthe case to which the plate 17 may be' secured by means of rivets orscrews 40. An opening 19 is also made in this top plate through which topitt bills into the bank. ll'e also provide the bank with .a bail o rliasp 20 at or near one of the upper corners so that the bank may behung upon a hook or pin in the wall of it house, or may be locked by apadlock to any suitti'oie staple onkeeper tliatis fastened to son* iimmovable part of the building or other fastening, and# thus secure. thebank against being carried oli by an unauthorized partj 'e secure this isp '20 to the bank by me. of a Inf:f '21 to w. h the liasp is pivoted.said lng having a T shaped lower end the.; may be )assed through a holevin the top plate 17 before the plate is secured in pla unil thenslipped sidewise into a notch in cof the lugs on the case, so that whenthe top y' 'ilate is secured the hasp will be iirnrljr locked to one ofthe side walls of the cese through the said lug 1S and none of thestrain on the hasp will come on the top plate.

The money cells are mainly)Y formed s two part ldevice dividedlongitudinally and consisting of the separable parts B and ff. Each parthas three coin conoavities '13, and "lo, arranged end for ciid one aboveit e other near one side, and two coin conci; tics 2U and .7 ont` abovethe other near the other side. while the u'iier middle portion has acavity 3S for holding bills. An crei plate or diaphragm '.29 extendsacross t?? u )per end o1' the part B and closes or par clloses the upperend of the cavities '23, and '25, and at the same time serves as e. c 2-veiiicnt support b v which to secure the di^` 30 and springs $51, formedintegral with t? said disks, which spri: s in connection i l l movedfrom the. bank through tho coin s'y As shown the dis-lbv Si) are securedin pt. .t by sert-ws 13. Uiriihragins 32 between if respectivo coincavities servo also to secure t I fronting faces ol' the parts B and C,where like disks with integral springs 31 for a trap and to separate thesig-,veralcells formed by these c oin cavities. The look 12 forms themain portion-of the bottoni of the coin cell formed bv the two cavities25, while the 7o ing or p irtial diaphrajlmftroonipletes the bottom ofthe said cel T he removable. bottoni` 11 is secured to tho lower end ofthe partl B by means of screws 35, one of which passes through a. holein the 75 partial diaphragm 34, and the other of which passes through .ihole in the diaphragm 36 at the bottom of the` cavity 27. The severaldiaphragins on the part B are wider from iront to rear than hah' e? thediameter of each 80 v coin cell, and the niair. portion of the outerfronting edges o'4 the parts A and B when 85 they are nit together, asLshown in Fig. 6, whereby tne )arts A' and B do notl )revent the coinswitlliin the several coin cellfroi being viewed throngli the openings 16of the case A. The edges of the cavity walls arev 9b also cut awayso asnot to obstruct the coin' slot-s 15 in the case. A

The part C is of the same general forni as the )art B and is providedwith an end plate or diaphragm 29 and dia )liriigiiis 32B and 3G tomatch or register wit the corresponding)r diaphragms on the part B.'llie conthey meet each other, may be -inado with interlockinrprojections and recesses to register with each other and hold the partsfrom sli )ping laterally or verticallyone u )on the' other, as forexample, as shown at tie edge of the upper diaphragm 32 in Fig. 6. Thetwo parts when t )assed end'wise into the case through the lower end andwhen the bottom plato or closure )late is locked to the caso, the bankis coin i cte and ready for use. 'llie contents of tie bank ma?7 heremoved therefrom by 110 unlocking?r the t: sure plate and thenwithdrawing and separating the parts A and B.

i The concavities in either part are full enough to hohl the coins inproper order so that it is immaterial which of tlieso two parts thecoins 115 may rest in when the other part is removed.

We claim as our inventionz- 1. In a savings bank, a series of coin cellsfor various denominations arranged end for end one over the other in asingle column, the 12u said series formed in two se iarablo partsdividing the cells longitudinal y, the sind parts having concaviti'es ofthe proper shape4 and interlockiner proections and recesses thatregister with cac i other on and in tli'e con-` 125 fronting' faces ofthe said separable parts.A

L. in a .savings bank, a series of coin cells for various denominationsarranged end for end one over the other in a single column with a coinslot near the iippcrend of each cell', the 130 ins placed together maybe i i i 1 l l i i g i .l i i l i i l said series formed in twoseparable park di- Y. viding the Cells longitudinally, one of the aait iparts haTg a diaphragm between tile end of t.\\"o Cells, and a trapsecured to the said 5 diaphragm to protect the` Coin slot of the eeiifor which the said diaphragm is the, top. i

3. In a saving-i4 bank, having separate;

'vs-alfa; I l

the other for coins of rlilit'a'cnty denominag tions in its respectiveedges, and two colmoney cells, thel l aid cells formed in a hlo twopart. derive divided longitud the said two parts having separate ed..

ranged 0nd for end one over the other. :and a E separateh,v formedtnhnlar rase within vriileh the said longitudinally di 'ided parts a. ei

closed. 4. .In a savings bank, the eomhE with a ease open at one endwith a renimtahle closure plate fot' the said end, a two par: di vicehaving opposing coin voneavities i:Y earl: part., the said two partsbeing fitted u: .meh other and one ofthe said parts Seenred to saidclosure plate, so that hoth partA m he pntinto and taken out. of theease iria :he said plate. i

5. In a savings hanh. a'eoin cell fortef in 'part device dividedlongitudinally, the Said two parts each having coneau-'mes for com eellsnear its opposite sides, a middle cavity Vin earth part between the coineoncavities,

unil interlocking derives at the confronting 1 faces of the .said twomrts.

T. ln a savingahan a case of fiattened form having; a series of vomslots onel above 40 \lllll. part wntamin`r i-oin cells arranged end forend on:l aia-ve the other within the said case in po ition to reet-ireeoins from the respective eoin slots intro th:` cells of the. said sepa-E iahle parts, rrhert'\hy, when the said parts are removed trom theease. they can he laid ou their side and the top part removed, leaving 1the coins in the other parth. A portahle savings bank having a easeprovided with a top plate and a hasp having I a ln; Y extended throughthe said to plate and rigidly secured to a side wall of t to fasc 55independently ol`-the said top plate.

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s .if {"ngitndiimlly divided and separable 25 two separable, mrtsdivided longituii ay, A

th(` Said parts lhavin; r confrontingr iw mi i HUSE MANN. ties of thelproper shap and intcrloekiag pro- Witnesses for Amos Shepard: jeetionsand recesses that register with eat-h lj .Inn-:s Sin-amm. other on andin 'the confronting fares; 11' the l Sin-:Frisur ll. (`i..\nKF.. 3f saidseparable mrts. A \\'itne. e.-'. for liosi-ahiann:

' 6, In a savings bank, having sparait- 'Rau-n ll. MANN, money cells,tho said cellsl formed in a nro l Joux ll. Sa'rox.

